20:10 Southwell

Tuesday 18 July 2023

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Summer Golf At Southwell Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:10 | Winning time: 6m 38.30s

She's All In Gold^t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Toby Wynne⁽⁵⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 100

3/1

Stratford novice hurdle winner in 2021 who was unlucky to bump into a rival with everything in his favour over C&D 22 days ago. Sure to be thereabouts with a repeat.

Form: 14U4/2

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Delightful Guest⁵⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr P York⁽⁵⁾| T: P York| OR: 90

100/1

Showed just poor form over hurdles for J. D. Motherway in 2019/20 and not seen under Rules since. Fourth on completed start in points in May.

Form: 800/P-U4

Betty's Belle^p¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| OR: 88

2/1

Fair bumper winner who ran well when second in 8-runner C&D handicap (good to soft) 15 days ago, sticking to task. Can give another good account.

Form: P6-5522

Pure Surf^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: I Jardine| OR: 86| BF

4/1

Looked as good as ever when scoring at Cartmel in June and ran at least as well under a 7-lb penalty when second of 11 in handicap here (20.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago, albeit no match for well-in winner. Must enter calculations.

Form: 4/26-P12

Sunshine Girl²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr Stephen Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 84

14/1

Returned to form when fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Perth (20.2f, good) 24 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: P27-574

Happy Returns^p1³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: James Best| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 76

10/1

Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Fontwell (21.8f, good, 11/1) 32 days ago, plugging on. Cheekpieces on for 1st time and not taken lightly back up in trip.

Form: 79F4-44

Bella Ciao^p³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley| OR: 74

7/1

Shaped better than the distance beaten suggests in first-time cheekpieces following a breathing op/10-week break when third in 8-runner handicap here (20.4f, good) 36 days ago. Remains to be seen if she's able to build on that.

Form: 874P9-3

Milanese Rose^p,t³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 73

8/1

Poor maiden who ran creditably when second of 5 in handicap hurdle at Fontwell (25.8f, good, 5/2) 32 days ago, albeit no match for winner. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 3626-52

Non-Runners

Faerie Cutlass³⁶

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: K Bailey & M Nicholls J: David Bass

Forecasts

Betty's Belle (2/1), She's All In Gold (3/1), Pure Surf (4/1), Faerie Cutlass (4/1), Bella Ciao (7/1), Milanese Rose (8/1), Happy Returns (10/1), Sunshine Girl (14/1), Delightful Guest (100/1)

FAERIE CUTLASS has clearly benefited no end for the fitting of a tongue strap and shapes as if she could raise her game further now tackling an even longer trip, so is an appealing candidate. Happy Returns is interesting now returning to around 3m, while She's All In Gold and Betty's Belle are others likely to go well.